Show II BUTTERFLIES AND CATERPILLARS A New Jersey Entomologist Tells How to Circumvent the Pests The white cabbage butterfly may be I seen hovering about cabbage fields on sunshiny days from May to October It was introduced from Europe and has now becomejrgneral over all the states east or tue Mississippi The eggs are laid on the r nder side of the leaves and in from five to eight day hatch a little green caterpillar a quarter of an inch in length This young caterpillar begins at once to eat on the under side of the leaf but as it develops it cuts through and generally takes its place on the upper side of the leaf or in and about tho head of the cabbage where it does the most mischief When full grown it is about an inch and a quarter in length and on account of its likeness to the color of the cabbage is somewhat difficult to find In the state of New Jersey says Mr George D Ilulst entomologist of the New Jersey station from whose essay on the subject much of tho information here given is derived there aro three and sometimes four broods a year The caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly butter-fly is easily destroyed if the remedy is applied in time Among the ones proper to bo used is hot water from a fine spray nozzle aid of a temperature not below 140 or above ICO degrees Also kerosene emulsion compounded after the usual formula and diluted Qne part emulsion to nine or even twelve parts of water A third remedy recommended as safe and thoroughly effective is pyrethrum or Persian insect powder Of this one part of the pr vdcr to six or twelve parts of plaster or fifteen to twenty of lime should be dusted on the plants and will kill all the caterpillars touched by it The powder may also be diluted with water one tablespoonful to six quarts and applied with a sprinkler Pyrethrum and the emulsion are each effective destroyers de-stroyers of plant lico and are recommended recommen-ded as among the best insecticides for cabbage insects The cabbage plusia differs decidedly from the cabbage butterfly It belongs to tho moths and is a night flyer and for that reason is seldom recognized as the parent of a destructive caterpillar Superficially Su-perficially the caterpillar somewhat resembles re-sembles that of tho cabbage butterfly but on examination is seen to be quite different While of nearly tho same color it is larger and longer and increases in-creases in size towards the hinder part It has only six pairs of legs instead of eight pairs It therefore in crawling has a looping motion after the manner of tho measuring worms and is almost entirely without hair The insect is threo brooded in New Jersey These caterpillars are more tenacious of life than thoso of the cabbage butterfly but tho remedies are the same Caterpillars of other moths have been found to injure cabbage by eating the leaves but in most instances without doing do-ing material injury In all cases where they livo outside on tho leaves they can be destroyed by the remedies given A Poultry House ou Wheels Those who have tried movable poultry houses regard them as very desirable arrangements ar-rangements Southern Cultivator calls attention to the ono shown in our cut As will bo seen this house is mounted on wheels with a floor raised high enough above ground to form a dry run i MOVABLE POULTRY HOUSE It has a set of movable laying nests at back outside flap door with lock large door with lock for attendant small sliding slid-ing door and ladder for fowls two shifting shift-ing perches and sliding window The benefit birds of all descriptions derive from change of place not only arises from the good every animal as well as man derives from changes of scene but by being preserved from the exhalations emitted by excrementitious matter and decaying food Prescrrlns Fence Posts Waldo F Brown suggests in Farmers Farm-ers Review that the end posts which must bear the strain of stretching the wires be set with concrete It will take but a few cents worth of cement to a post and will make it perfectly firm at the bottom and also more durable than if set in tho clay It almost impossible to set posts firm enough so that they will not yield to the strain when the land is wet and soft but by digging a holo fifteen fif-teen inches square and pounding it full of coarse cement grout around the post it will give base enough to tho post to keep it in place Farm Notes Lime is a good disinfectant It is especially es-pecially valuable to place in cellars where vegetables have been stored especially such as have been put in rat or show signs of decay A good coat of paint will preserve the buildings add to the beauty and attractiveness attract-iveness of the premises and transform old run down farm houses into neat and tasty homes The Mirror explains that the reason why fowl droppings are worth more than tho manure of cattle fed on similar food is that tho fowl droppings contain all the fertilizing materials in solid form while much is lost in liquids from cattle Use white hellebore to kill the currant worm A fact not to bo forgotten in sheep husbandry is that while ono may raise fine wool and very poor mutton you cannot raise good mutton withoutraising good wool also As far as practicable use old and experienced ex-perienced hens for setters The most upright intelligent and experienced men arc made grand jurorsthe samo rule of selection will give best setters A fruit grower affirms that in tho cul tivation peaches stable manure produces pro-duces too much growth of wood |